Beginnings [Import]

Trevor Rabin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Voiceprint UK
• ASIN: B00006IRLQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,554 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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About the Artist

Trevor had previously fronted the band Rabbitt who had a number of hit singles and albums and were hugely popular in their native South Africa.

Trevor's solo work impressed Yes bassist Chris Squire so much that he asked him to join the re-formed band and contribute to what would become their most successful album, 901205. Trevor co-wrote all the tracks as well as the huge hit single Owner Of A Lonely Heart.

The album was deleted a number of years ago and this is the first time it has been domestically available on CD.

Trevor later went to work with Michael Jackson and now composes film scores including 'Armageddon' and 'Enemy of the State'.

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Beginnings by Trevor Rabin

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only for the die-hard fan, July 18, 2003

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This review is from: Beginnings (Audio CD)

This work exhibits considerable skill and fortells of greatness to come but is far from the quality of "Can't Look Away" or works done with Yes. I can not recommend this, particularly if you are just discovering Trevor's work.

4.0 out of 5 stars More Rabbitt than Yes but still great..., March 7, 2011

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Jamie Tate (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beginnings (Audio CD)

This album has been on CD a few times either as a Japanese import or domestically on One Way Records (they were retitled as simply Trevor Rabin). But neither is 'Beginnings' as it originally appeared on RPM Records in South Africa in 1978. All CDs use a remixed version of the album and the One Way had some slight editing done to one or two songs (particularly, cutting the intro of Getting To Know You Better in half). The original mixes that appeared on the RPM vinyl aren't as professional but they do reveal some musical bits and vocal lines (like a talking section over the chorus of 'Finding Me A Way Back Home') that were muted or buried in the remix. Several of the songs had different intros and many of the fades went on longer.

Also, there are two additional songs that have yet to show up on any CD version of this album. One is a short, pleasant, orchestra-based piece called 'Love Alone.' The other song, 'Could There Be', is as good as anything on the album. Don't know why this great track was left off. If you're a fan of Trevor Rabin find a copy of this song. It's really good. I may post it on YouTube at some point in the near future.

This CD is a digital clone of the One Way CD (including the edited intro on 'Getting To Know You Better') so if you already have that disc save your money, unless you want the original album artwork.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solo début, January 12, 2008

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John Sposato (Syracuse, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginnings (Audio CD)

If Trevor Rabin knew he'd follow Steve Howe in Yes, maybe this would be self-titled in South Africa like it was here (their Chinese Zodiac signs are also incompatible!), because Howe's solo début is also called "Beginnings". Pure coincidence, really. Most of the songs are "close to the edge" of bubble gum as Rabin had done in Rabbitt, which he had just left, along with South Africa for the UK. Originally released in 1978 in South Africa by RPM and most other countries by Blue Chip/Chrysalis. Later reissued in the US by One-Way Records, an indie rerelease label out of Albany, NY.